Welcome to the Gulf Coast Health Services Steering Committee (GCHSSC)'s Ideal Work Environment in Hospitals Survey 2008.
  1. Surveys must be completed by March 30, 2008.

  2. No data is permanently recorded in your hospital's file until the survey is closed. Until the survey data entry is closed, you may enter, modify or delete data from your survey.

  3. Each time you enter or modify data, click on the SAVE button to save the data. If you exit without clicking the SAVE button, the newly entered data is not saved and you will exit the survey with the data the same as when you opened the survey that time.

  4. If your hospital is part of a multi-hospital system, please report data for each hospital separately. Contact Donde Batten, dbatten5@comcast.net, if you need an ID code in order to access and enter data for a hospital.

  5. Select the NA box if you have no data available for a data item. Each data item has a NA (Not Available) box next to the data field. By clicking on that box, it is clear that you do not have data for that item; it was not skipped and is not equal to a zero.

  6. If the value for a data item is zero, make sure to enter 0 in that data field. Otherwise, it will look like a blank. For example, if you have no male LVNs, enter 0; if you have no data on male LVNs, leave the data field blank and click on the NA box.

  7. There are several data check points in the survey. For example, when you enter data into the retention data fields, the survey will calculate the retention rate and display it for you to review. You cannot enter data into the data checkpoint. Please review the data checkpoints so you know that your data is correct.

  8. In the survey, when specific data is entered in one field, it will automatically be populated in other locations in the survey. For example, All Employee Headcount on 12/31/07 is shown repeatly throughout the survey. Once entered at the first data entry location, that number automatically is placed at the other locations as a data checkpoint. You can only change that number in the first data entry location.

  9. You can print each page of the survey, showing any entered data, by clicking on the print icon on each page. The survey will print on 8.5 by 11 inch paper when the page margins are set to 0.25 inches. If the page margins are set larger, the page may cut off. If you have difficulty resetting the margins, click here.

  10. Please complete all data items by entering data or checking NA. While we hope that you will be able to provide data for all the measures requested, we understand that this is sometimes not possible. Contact Donde Batten, dbatten5@comcast.net, if you have questions regarding data that can be used to respond to a particular item.

  11. Track and enter the time you spend completing the survey. Include both time to collect data and time to enter data. This information is an indication of your contribution to the project. Please indicate the number of hours you or your staff spent collecting and providing this data in the space indicated at the end of the survey.

  12. If you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Donde Batten at 713/665-4382 or dbatten5@comcast.net.